Candidate Profile

Boyden's community of interim executives are highly qualified professionals with excellent track records and impeccable reputations.

Candidates for interim executive roles must be an excellent fit in terms of experience, technical expertise and leadership style, as well as a great fit culturally. They should be able to:

Demonstrate a track record of past interim assignments

Provide professional references and recommendations

What qualities do you look for?

A combination of tangible and intangible qualities determines whether an individual will be successful as an interim. Some of these include:

Experience: Even if you’ve held executive-level roles and worked in challenging environments, you will need to demonstrate that you can do so successfully in an interim capacity. Interims need to integrate quickly and deliver results at pace, with or without support.

Ability to Engage Teams: Able to motivate, engage and operate with the intellect and emotional intelligence to understand behaviours and team dynamics.

Leadership Skills: Ability to step into a situation or crisis and provide objective leadership and a fresh perspective.

Broad Context: A background characterised by complex and diverse experience across multiple organizations and sectors is hugely advantageous.

Accessibility: Being accessible globally and nationally is essential, as many roles will require you to be based away from home Monday through to Friday. Availability and flexibility around the many variables of an assignment such as location, rate, duration, etc. are also important.

Is interim management right for me?

If you are considering a career in interim management, there are various things to consider:

What is your market value?

Do you have past experience as an interim? If not, then how does your permanent experience help you transition into becoming an interim?

How many days do you want or need to work per year as an interim? You may want to prepare a business plan or financial assessment for your new life as an interim.

Do you have an interim CV prepared?

An interim career definitely requires flexibility, an understanding of your “value proposition”, an ability to translate your experience and passion, as well as patience, flexibility and strong networking skills, which are as necessary as your ability to fulfil an interim project.

An interim career definitely requires flexibility, an understanding of your “value proposition”, an ability to translate your experience and passion, as well as patience, flexibility and strong networking skills, which are as necessary as your ability to fulfil an interim project.

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